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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:01 AM Original message |
Poll question: Wal*Mart cart prank - effective action or vanity? |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Undecided. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. I wouldn't call it a vanity |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'm counting that as "vanity" in this survey. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's shaping up like I thought it would. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Moved post location. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. Good poll |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. And on such an important subject |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I don't know |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. well, i guess i've been beat as far as "oversimplification" goes... |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. To me it would be "not useful" |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. effective action is subjective |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Interesting that you mention Gandhi. Did you know that India imported |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Thats the one |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Keep working on that analogy. Gandhi wanted the cart pushed by Indians |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. natural conservatism distrusting federalism |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. If this ridiculous subject can get this much attention on DU |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. I guess if you believe that all publicity is good publicity |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I disagree. The people doing this are mostly older folks in Fairbanks |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Yeah, that will be the story. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #49 |
68. Who knows how it will be spun by the media |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. yet what is the form "walmart" |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. It's one of the dumber ideas I've heard, I think. |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. I believe the rationale is that it increases WalMart's labor costs. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. Look at it this way, people: |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. complete and utter bullshit |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. They were going to leave notes in the bottom of the carts or tell the |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. oh yeah, like the manager cares |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. what is the "Walmart cart prank"? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. My favorite answer! n/t |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
73. if it's your favorite answer- |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. Other... misdirected good intentions. |
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LA lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
20. Silly Idea |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
21. Neither. It's vandalism. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
24. It's not radical. It's not effective. |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Leafletting vs leaving your cart: |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
26. Its an advertisment for assholes... |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. Ahhhh.... the true problem comes in to sharp focus. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I like how anyone who doesn't agree with your methodology... |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Disaster? or change? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. "Disaster is not inevitable, only change." |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Refusing to engage in action that is a disservice to your cause |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. There you go. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Such is Internet Bravery. |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. You ever looked down the wrong end of the barrel of a gun |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Yep. A couple of times. |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I got the hell out of L.A . too. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 05:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Except you know what the difference between him and you is? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Deleted message |
LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 06:02 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I am insulted by the suggestion that I would "man the ovens". |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 06:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. You initiate SEVERAL threads on a specific topic. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 06:45 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Funny. And yet, nobody's laughing. |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Pft...... I'm laughing, but |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
35. Might be effective as a High School prank. |
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cry baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
37. Someone tell me what good the cart thing will do? |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Let me put this in another perspective than the pollster |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. What is the difference... |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. How would you feel if you lost your business because of Wal-mart? |
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cry baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Yes, I understand the Fairbanks people being angry...I really do. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. Perhaps not so much.. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. I say load them up with ice cream, put them in the sun in the garden shop |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I don't condone destroying another's property. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. OK thanks. I forgot that Wal-Mart is a temple of ethical behavior. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:47 AM Response to Reply #47 |
70. That excuses YOUR behavior? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. This DU thread sums it up nicely, I think: |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
50. Stupid idea |
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union_maid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
54. Action is good, irritating normal people is bad |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
57. As someone who worked retail for well over a year and put roughly 2000 |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Which bothers you more? an inconsiderate public, or |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Okay. Even with that all said, HOW THE HELL DOES 'CARTING" DO |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 06:58 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I'm long out of the "carting" question. a movement or action |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
69. To the few who voted "Effective Action" |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
71. I vote for childish nonsense... |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
72. If you want to take action against Wal*Mart... |
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